Health
Skin issues can be first sign of rheumatological illnesses
Skin conditions may be the first sign that a person has a rheumatic disease that will also affect the joints, muscles or ligaments.
Apr 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disturbed sleep may partially explain long COVID breathlessness
A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness.
Apr 15, 2023
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Genetics
Genetic therapy corrects progressive muscle disorder in mice
People with myotonic dystrophy experience progressive muscle weakness and repeated episodes of painless muscle stiffness called myotonia.
Apr 13, 2023
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Medical research
Bile acids and gut microbes could potentially treat multiple sclerosis, according to new research in mice
Multiple sclerosis is characterized by an immune system gone haywire. A patient's immune system starts treating the protective coating of the nerves—called myelin—as dangerous. The subsequent nerve damage can cause a ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Neuroscience
In test, zaps to spine help 2 stroke survivors move arms
A stroke left Heather Rendulic with little use of her left hand and arm, putting certain everyday tasks like tying shoes or cutting foods out of reach.
Feb 25, 2023
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Genetics
Toxic protein linked to muscular dystrophy and arhinia
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare genetic disorders. For patients who have facioscapulohumeral ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Genetics
Genetic mutation linked to hereditary spastic paraplegia
A genetic mutation in the SPTSSA gene is identified as the cause of hereditary spastic paraplegia, a rare disease that causes progressive weakness, stiffness and spasticity in the lower extremities, according to a study published ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How physios and occupational therapists are helping long COVID sufferers
Treating people for long COVID—that is, symptoms that last longer than four weeks after COVID infection—can be extremely complex due to the wide variety of problems associated with the condition.
Dec 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Melanoma diagnosis linked to increased risk of prostate cancer
Melanoma diagnosis is associated with increased risk of subsequent prostate cancer, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in the British Journal of Cancer.
Nov 29, 2022
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Medical research
In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.
Nov 12, 2022
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